The closest you’ll get to Zelda without dusting off your NES? Review   Feeling nostalgic for 8-bit gaming? Then 3D Dot Game Heroes will, no doubt, satisfy. There’s no need to drag out your NES as this square-edged upstart hails from the land of Sony and is exclusive to Playstation 3 . With fervour for the 1980s increasingly present in popular culture ( Hot Tub Time Machine , anyone?), 3D Dot Game Heroes buys into this sentimentalism and looks, plays and sounds like nothing else around since 1986.…

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3D Dot Game Heroes

Leaner, fitter and Kinect ready Review   Five years after its original release, the Xbox 360 finally receives its long expected ’slim’ overhaul. Just don’t tell Microsoft I called it that. The company’s reluctance to use the ’s’ word is understandable. Sony used it to distinguish versions of its PS2 and PS3 consoles.…

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Microsoft Xbox 360 250GB

A new PS3 model in ‘classic white’ has been announced for the Japanese market, and while it might not make it to European shores, there’s hope for a 320GB model yet…

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White PS3 Slim Japan-bound: 320GB Slim coming to UK?

PlayStation Plus launches with PS3 firmware update Sony has released an update to its PlayStation 3 that brings several new features and launches the PlayStation’s first subscription gaming service.

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Sony begins chasing PlayStation subs revenue

HDMI-DisplayPort adaptor announced Accessory maker Belkin has come up with a gadget that will allow you to, say, play Blu-ray Discs on an iMac. Or use the Mac’s screen for your PS3 games.…

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Belkin bridges Xbox 360, PS3 and… iMac

Anticipating VAT rise? Sony UK will release the PlayStation Move in a bundle pack comprising the motion controller, the PlayStation Eye camera and a trio of games.…

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Sony sets UK PlayStation Move prices

But bundles less than generous Sony will release its first four stereoscopic 3D games for the PlayStation 3 tomorrow.…

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Sony 3D TV kit, PS3 games released tomorrow

360 vs PS3 Review   Final Fantasy XIII is one of the most anticipated releases of the past two or three years. As it dropped through the post box I steeled myself for at least a week lost in a world of futuristic Noh theatre. This feeling was enhanced by the circulating rumours about the epic length of game play, made bearable only by a stunning variety of scenery and enemies.…

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Final Fantasy XIII

360 vs PS3 Review   Final Fantasy XIII is one of the most anticipated releases of the past two or three years. As it dropped through the post box I steeled myself for at least a week lost in a world of futuristic Noh theatre. This feeling was enhanced by the circulating rumours about the epic length of game play, made bearable only by a stunning variety of scenery and enemies.…

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Final Fantasy XIII

R. Baunach asked if the inertia of a moving car can hurt a spinning hard drive

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Laptops in Cars